Table 1.
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the experimental (chronic cannabis users) and control groups.
| Experimental (n = 11) | Control (n = 17) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | Mean | SD | n | % | Mean | SD | χ2/t/fisher | p-Value | |
| Men | 7 | 63.6 | 9 | 52.9 | 0.3 | 0.6 | ||||
| Age | 28.3 | 8.1 | 30.7 | 7.1 | −0.8 | 0.41 | ||||
| Academic Level | 13.7 | <0.001 | ||||||||
| High school | 8 | 72.7 | 1 | 5.9 | ||||||
| University | 3 | 27.3 | 16 | 94.1 | ||||||
| Civil Status | 0.05 | 0.8 | ||||||||
| Single | 8 | 72.7 | 13 | 76.5 | ||||||
| Married | 3 | 27.3 | 4 | 23.5 | ||||||
| Age at first cannabis consumption | 16.6 | 3 | 15 | 2 | ||||||
| Age at regular cannabis use | 19 | 2.1 | ||||||||
| Regular cigarette smokers (yes) | 4 | 36.4 | 1 | 6.3 | 0.134 | 0.07 | ||||
| Frequency of Cannabis use last 6 months | ||||||||||
| 4 to 6 times per week | 2 | 18.2 | ||||||||
| Daily | 9 | 75.0 | ||||||||
| SJU/day last 6 months | 3.7 | 3.7 | ||||||||
| Frequency of Cannabis use last week | ||||||||||
| Never | 2 | 18.2 | ||||||||
| 2 to 3 times per week | 1 | 69.1 | ||||||||
| 4 to 6 times per week | 2 | 18.2 | ||||||||
| Daily | 6 | 54.5 | ||||||||
| SJU/day last week | 2 | 2.2 | ||||||||
| Standard drink units per week | 6.7 | 8.3 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 0.1 | ||||
| SARA | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
SD: Standard Deviation; SJU: Standard Joint Unit (1 SJU = 7 mg THC); SDU: Standard Drink Unit (1 SDU = 10 gr of pure alcohol). SARA: Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia. Bonferroni correction = p-value = 0.006.